tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613401639259628637.post8160909347423086409..comments2022-11-26T20:30:17.548-08:00Comments on Ramblings of A Ragged Clown: Classic Cash: Bitter Tearsraggedclownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11409198158282001526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613401639259628637.post-83277515148745149932009-01-21T10:15:00.000-08:002009-01-21T10:15:00.000-08:00A few corrections: It has been written several tim...A few corrections: It has been written several times by Dylan himself that Cash and Dylan met backstage at The Gaslight in NYC. Maybe cash does not remember it so well as he was at the club to see Peter La Farge play at the suggestion of singer Ed McGurdy.<BR/>La Farge was not adopted, he was the biological son of Pulitzer prize winner Oliver la Farge; The FBI may had an interest in him but a Freedom of Information act request found no FBI file on La Farge so it may have been local police instead; La Farge died (Oct 1965) more than a year after Cash's album was released (June 1964). The success of Cash's record inspired La Farge to record a final album called On The Warpath (Folkways). His death was most likely a drug and alcohol induced stroke, though the official death certificate reads Pending Further Study. His mother refused an autopsy and took his body back to Colorado where he is buried on the former family ranch. I have rights to the La Farge story and produced the documentary on him, thanks, Sandra Hale SculmanUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094027429652852561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613401639259628637.post-29536249413315594672008-05-23T09:43:00.000-07:002008-05-23T09:43:00.000-07:00What comes across in this album is a very real ang...What comes across in this album is a very real anger in Cash's voice. And while those years were tough for JR in terms of addiction, that deep resonance of voice, almost to the point of hoarseness, can raise the hair on my neck. The album is heavy-handed in lyrical content, but Cash gives it legitimacy in his delivery. One of my first, and most favorite albums as a kid, and still a favorite as an adult- deserving of remastery, and a much wider audience. A monument. MGRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com